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In reply to the discussion: If Jenner can be a woman while still sporting a penis, why can't Rachel Dolezal be African American? [View all]Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Your implication there is some ulterior motive is simply an avoidance of addressing the question.
I sympathize with your suspicion. In general, I'm convinced that many posters are sockpuppets working for specific parties, candidates and corporate interests. But I also recognize that my paranoia is a lousy rhetorical tactic.
So please, make me understand why it is okay for someone to be transgender but not trans racial.
If there is insufficient reason, the result isn't that we should treat transgender people poorly, but that we should possibly treat trans racial people with the same respect and people will have to accept something they found uncomfortable a few years ago. If the reason is good, then we move on and heap ridicule and abuse on people who claim they are a different race, such as our African American President (who is actually biracial).